8K
MEMORY
USERS GUIDE
.:rowER SUPPLY CONSIDERATIONS
USERS GUIDE
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FOR RELIABLE OPERATION,
AN
ADEQUATE,
UNREGULATED
8
VOLT
SUPPLY
MUST
BE
PROVIDED.
THE
REGULATORS
ON
THE
8K
BOARD
REQUIRE
AT
LEAST
2 VOLTS DROP TO REGULATE
PROPERLY.
THIS
MEANS
THAT'lliE
'IROUGH
OF
THE
UNREGULATED
SUPPLY
WAVEFORM
MUST
BE
AT
LEAST
7
VOLTS.
TO
ALLCM
FOR
NORMAL
LINE
VOLTAGE
FLUCTUATIONS,
AT
LEAST 10%
MARGIN
SHOULD
BE
MAINTAINED
ABOVE
THIS.
THUS
WITH 1
VOLT
PEAK-PEAK
RIPPLE,
THE
AVERAGE UNREGULATED
SUPPLY
VOLTAGE
SHOULD
BE
AT
LEAST
8.2
VOLTS. TO MAINTAIN
LESS
THAN
1
VOLT
P-P
RIPPLE,
M LEAST
8000
Mill
OF
FILTER
CAPACITANCE SHOULD BE
PROVIDED
PER
AMPERE OF TOTAL CURRENT
DRAIN.
IF
YOUR
COMPUTER
SUPPLY
IS
Nar
ADEQUATE,
WE
OFFER A
REPLACEMENT
FOWER
TRANSFORMER
WHICH
WILL
PRODUCE
+8V,
18A;
.:i:l6V,
2.5A.
CONTACT
US
FOR FURI'HER INFORMATION.
LINE
TRANSIENTS
MOST
OF
US
HAVE
EXPERIENCED THE FRUSTRATION
OF
SPENDING A LOT
OF
TIME
~RKING
ON
A PROGRAM,
ONLY
TO
HAVE
A
PCl'I7ER
LINE
TRANSIENT CAUSE
THE
PROGRAM
TO
BOMB.
THIS
PROBLEM
IS
USUALLY
DUE
TO
HIGH FREQUENCY
TRANSIENTS
CAUSED
BY
MOTOR
STARTING
CONTACTORS OR
INDUCTIVE
ENERGY STORAGE SOMEWHERE
ON
THE
POWER
DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM.
ACTUAL:R:mER
OUTAGES
ARE
RELATIVELY RARE.
MEMORY
WRITE
PROTECTION
OR
STANDBY POWER SOURCES WILL
NOT
PREVENT
THIS
PROBLEM.
IT
IS
RECOMMENDED
THAT
A
rovER
LINE
FILTER
BE
INSTALLED
IN
YOUR
COMPUTER
AS
CLOSE
TO
THE
LINE
CORD ENTRY
POINT
AS
POSSIBLE.
A
CORCCM
MODEL
3Bl
OR
EQUIVALENT
IS
VERY
EFFECTIVE.
VECTOR
GRAPHIC SYSTEMS
HAVE
A
:tOWER
LINE
FILTER
AS
STANDARD
EQUIPMENT.
VENTILATION
IT
IS
RECOMMENDED THAT ADEQUATE FORCED
VENTILATION
BE PROVIDED
IN
ENCLOSED
CABINETS.
IF
'IHE
COMPUTER
IS
OPERATED WITHOUT A COVER,
ALLCW
2 SLOTS SEPARATION
OR
1.
5"
BETWEEN BOARDS.
IF
YOU
CAN'T
HOLD
YOU
FINGER
ON
THE
HEAT
SINK
FOR
AT
LEAST A
FEW
SECONDS,
'lliE
VENTILATION
IS
oor
ADEQUATE.
ADDRESS SELECTION
THE ADDRESS RANGE THAT THE BOARD RESPONDS TO
IS
SELECTED
BY
THE THREE
LEFT
SWITCHES
CN
THE
DIP
SWITCH. THEY
ARE
ARRANGED
IN
EXACTLY
THE
SAME
CONFIGURATION
AS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT
FRONT PANEL ADDRESS
SWITCHES;
NAMELY
A
15,
THE
MOST
SIGNIFICANT
ADDRESS
BIT,
IS
ON
THE
LEFT,
AND
SETTING
THE SWITCH TO THE
ON,
OR
UP,
POSITION
SETS
THE ADDRESS
BIT
HIGH. TABLE 1 GIVES
THE
SWITCH SETTING FOR
ALL
roSSIBLE
ADDRESS RANGES.